Setting DVD preferences
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:Picture menu (PICTURE)
7 MONITOR TYPE
You can select the monitor type to match your TV when you play
DVDs recorded in the picture’s height/width ratio of 16:9.
• 16:9 (Wide television conversion)
Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 16:9 (wide
TV).
• 4:3 LB (Letter Box conversion)
Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 4:3
(conventional TV). While viewing a wide screen picture, the
black bars appear on the top and the bottom of the screen.
• 4:3 PS (Pan Scan conversion)
Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 4:3
(conventional TV). While viewing a wide screen picture, the
black bars do not appear, however, the left and right edges of
the pictures will not be shown on the screen.
NOTE
• Even if “4:3 PS” is selected, the screen size may become “4:3 LB”
with some DVDs. This depends on how DVDs are recorded.
7 PICTURE SOURCE
You can obtain optimal picture quality by selecting whether the
content on the disc is processed by field (video source) or by frame
(film source).
Normally set to “AUTO”.
•AUTO
Used to play a disc containing both video and film source
materials.
This system recognizes the source type (video or film) of the
current disc according to the disc information.
• If the playback picture is unclear or noisy, or the oblique
lines of the picture are rough, try to change to other modes.
•FILM
Suitable for playing back a film source disc.
•VIDEO
Suitable for playing back a video source disc.
7 SCREEN SAVER (See page 18.)
You can activate or deactivate Screen Saver function.
7 FILE TYPE
When both MP3 files and JPEG files are recorded on a disc, you
can select which files to play.
After changing FILE TYPE setting, be sure to turn the power off,
then turn the power on to enable the new setting.
• AUDIO
Select this to play MP3 files.
• STILL PICTURE
Select this to play JPEG files.
: Audio menu (AUDIO)
7 D. RANGE COMPRESSION
(Dynamic range compression)
You can enjoy low level recorded sound clearly at night even at a
low volume when listening to the sound with Dolby Digital.
• AUTO
Select this when you want to enjoy surround sound with its
full dynamic range (no effect applied).
•ON
Select this when you want to fully apply the compression
effect (useful at midnight).
NOTE
• When you play a multichannel Dolby Digital source with the
surround mode is off, the setting of D. RANGE COMPRESSION is
set to ON automatically.
: Speaker setting menu
(SPK. SETTING)
7 Level menu (LEVEL)
CENTER SPEAKER/SURROUND LEFT SPEAKER/
SURROUND RIGHT SPEAKER/SUB WOOFER
Adjust the output level of related speakers.
TEST TONE*
Outputs the test tone.
RETURN
Returns to the SPK. SETTING menu.
* The test tone comes out of all of the activated speakers in the
following sequence:
s Front left speaker s Center speaker s Front right
speaker s Surround right speaker s Surround left
speaker s (back to the beginning)
Ex.: 16:9 Ex.: 4:3 LB Ex.: 4:3 PS
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